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J. D. JOHNSTON. ATTACHMENT FOR WINDOW 0R DOOR FRAMES POE SECURING STORMSASHES OR THE LIKE.-

No. 516,393. Patented Mar. 13, 1894,

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UNITED STATES ATENT Onions.

JOHN D. JOHNSTON, OF NEI/VPORT, RHODE ISLAND.

ATTACHMENT FOR WINDOW OR DOOR FRAMES FOR SECURING STORM-SASHES OR THELIKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 516,393, dated March13, 1894.

Application filed September 9, 1893. Serial No. 485,175. (NomodeL) T0 atwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN D. JOHNSTON, of Newport, in the county ofNewport and State of Rhode Island, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Attachments for Window or Door Frames for SecuringStorma full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to means for securmg storm sashes, screens andoutside blinds to w ndow and door frames, and the object of theinvention is to avoid the necessity for marring the stop beads or stripsto which such sashes, screens, 850., are usually secured, and also toprovide more convenient and efficient fastenings for the latter.

The invention consists in the novel features hereinafterparticularlydescribed and defined in the claims.

1 Reference is to be had to the accompanying rawings forming a part ofthis specification, 1n which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a broken view showing in elevation a portion of a windowframe and part of a screen secured thereto by my attachment. Fig. 2 is aface View of the attachment; and Fig. 3 is a sectional side view on line33 in Fig. 2.

In constructing an attachment embodying my invention, a tongue A isprovided, in the plate and this tongue is pivoted as at a, in a suitablesupport, preferably in the form of a narrow casing B, between the sidesof which the plate is free to move on its pivot. The case is providedwith a face plate 0, which is vertically slotted as at c, and the tongueA is so pivoted in its supporting case B as to normally lie flush withthe face plate, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The pivot a, is at onesideof the center ofthe plate, so that when not in use the tongue A willgravitate into the case, and the pivot is located a distance behind theface plate so that when the end a, of the tongue is projected as in Fig.1 and as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3, the tongue will lieapproximately about equally Within and without the case. With thisarrangement the tongue will be strengthened or braced by the case. The

of which the following is top and bottom walls of the slot 0, arebeveled upwardly and inwardly as at c, 0 to prevent the entrance ofrain, and the tongue A is formed with corresponding surfaces as at a, 0.The tongue is further formed with a stop a at the top, which, when thetongue gravitates to the inneror closed position, will contactwiththeinside of the face plate,whereby the tongue will be stopped to lieflush with the latter. The tongue is formed with an aperture a, forreceiving a screw or the like in securing the storm sash or other framein place, and the face plate 0 projects at the top and bottom beyond thecase B after the manner of a mortise look.

In practice, mortises are formed in the outside stop bead or casing D ofthe window frame at each side, as many as desired to accommodate asufficientn umber of the attachments to secure the storm sash or otherframe, and an attachment is fitted in each mortise as indicated bydotted lines in Fig. 1 and secured in place by screws which are made toengage the projecting ends of the face plate. The face plate and tonguewill normally lie flush with the bead D to which it is secured and willnot be particularly noticable. When it is desired to secure a stormsash, or a screen or other frame to the window, a slight pressure on theupper end of the tongue A will project the lower end, where upon thelatter may readily be grasped and raised to the position shown in Fig.1,and the sash or frame to be secured having been fitted in place, thetongue is secured thereto by a screw d. When the sash is to be removedit is only necessary to remove the screw (1 from each attachment, whichwill permit the tongue to gravitate into its case and the window framewill resume substantially its normal appearance.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Paton t I 1., An attachment for window or door frames,consisting of a tongue having atransverse aperture formed in its freeend to receive a fastening screw or the like, and a support to whichsaid tongue is pivoted, the support having a slotted face plate and thetongue adapted to hang normally substantially flush with the face plateand when swung outward to bear against the face plate at the upper endof the slot and be braced or stayed thereby, the said tongue when in thelatter position being adapted to be rigidly secured to a storm sash orthe like, substantially as shown and described.

2. An attachment for window or door frames, consisting of a casinghaving a slotted face plate, the top and bottom walls of which areupwardly beveled, and a tongue pivoted in the case and movable on itspivot Witnesses:

BENJAMIN F. THURS'ION, DARIUS BAKER.

